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Re: Polymorphism, genericity, etc.
- To: jostobfe@linux.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE, mstachow@alum.mit.edu, silovic@zesoi.fer.hr, chris@tech.com.au, guile@sourceware.cygnus.com
- Subject: Re: Polymorphism, genericity, etc.
- From: Michael Vanier <mvanier@bbb.caltech.edu>
- Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 16:28:20 -0700 (PDT)
- References: <199907242324.QAA15142@arathorn>
>
> To make things worse, some languages (like C++ and java) also include
> function overloading and operator overloading to achieve some of the same
> things CLOS achieves through multiple dispatch, and it all gets very
> complex.
>
To clarify: java doesn't allow operator overloading, C++ does, and both
allow function overloading.
Mike
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Mike Vanier mvanier@bbb.caltech.edu
Department of Computation and Neural Systems, Caltech 216-76
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